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Red Faction

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Red Faction
Red Faction cover
Developers
Volition
Publishers
Original THQ
Current Nordic Games
Mac OS, OS X Graphsim Entertainment
Engines
Geo-Mod 1.0
Release dates
Windows September 17, 2001
Mac OS (Classic) November 28, 2001[1]
macOS (OS X) January 4, 2002[2]
Red Faction guide on StrategyWiki
Red Faction on Wikipedia

Warnings

The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
Red Faction
Red Faction 2001
Red Faction II 2003
Red Faction: Guerrilla 2009
Red Faction: Armageddon 2011
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered 2018

Key points

The Pure Faction unofficial patch fixes various bugs and compatibility issues with modern versions of Windows.

General information

Red Faction Wiki - A wiki for the Red Faction universe
Red Faction Wiki (Wikia) - A Wikia-hosted wiki for the Red Faction universe
Faction Files Community Forums
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
OS X installer is also available alongside with an upgrade patch.[3]
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
GamersGate
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Can be bought together with Red Faction II at a discounted price.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Sold together with other games from series.
Windows
Steam
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Includes a number of fixes for modern operating systems.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename thqlogo.bik[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\movies\
  2. Delete or rename thqlogo.bik.

Pure Faction

Pure Faction is an unofficial patch for Red Faction. It adds support for modern hardware and operating systems, bug fixes, and many other features.
Installation instructions[4]
  1. Download Pure Faction.
  2. Install to the installation folder.
  3. Configure options via PFLauncher.exe, or launch the game directly via PF.exe
  4. Once in-game press F1 to access additional options.

Notes

If issues still persist, it may be necessary to set PF.exe to run in Windows 98 compatibility mode.
The default quick save key (F6) conflicts with one of Pure Faction's key mappings. Recommended to remap quick save to a different key like F7.
Launching through Steam with overlay[5]
  1. If you want to use the overlay and track your game time, install Pure Faction.
  2. Go to the installation folder.
  3. Delete or rename RedFaction.exe, then rename PFLauncher.exe to RedFaction.exe
  4. Launch the game through Steam, configure any settings and start the game.

Mods

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Volition\Red Faction
<path-to-game>\players.cfg[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic) <path-to-game>/players.cfg
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>/players_osx.cfg
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20530/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\savegame\[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic) <path-to-game>/savegame/
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game>/savegame/
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/20530/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Syncs save games and settings.

Video settings

Launcher video settings.
Launcher video settings.
In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

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Input settings

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Launcher audio settings.
Launcher audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Spanish
Fan translation, download.

Network

Launcher network settings.
Launcher network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
32
Online play
32

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
See dedicated_server.txt in the installation folder or use Dedicated Server Config.
Direct IP
Use Add Server button in server browser.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 7755
UDP 7755
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

At least 8 MB of video memory is required error

Install Pure Faction[4]

Unable to initialize DirectX 8.0 error

Install Pure Faction[4]

Notes

If it's not fixed, run the game in Windowed or Stretched display modes.

Stuttering/Glitching/Crashing

Caused by Red Faction's native incompatibility with modern versions of Windows.
Install Pure Faction[citation needed]

Sub explodes when it hits water

A bug that occurs at high frame rates, which causes the submarine to explode upon contact with the sub bay water.
Cap FPS at 30[4]
  1. Install Pure Faction.
  2. During the Sub Bay section of the campaign, open the console with ~.
  3. Type r_maxfps 30 into the console window and press Enter.
  4. Press the button to drop the submarine into the water.
  5. Once fully submerged, bring up the console once more.
  6. Type r_maxfps 150 into the console window and press Enter.

Unresponsive, and always on top

A bug that occurs if you click on another window after launching Red Faction but before the game screen appears.
Pure Faction crashes instead of staying always on top.
End game task[citation needed]
  1. Press Win+R, type in cmd and press Enter.
  2. Blind-type taskkill /f /im RF.exe

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8 Shipped with version 4.08.00.0400 installer.
OpenGL 1.2.1 Mac OS and OS X only.
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
AMD K6-2 400 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.02 GB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.0 compatible
Other 4x CD-ROM drive
Mac OS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 8.6
Processor (CPU) 300 MHz PowerPC G3
300 MHz PowerPC G4
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.02
Video card (GPU) ATI Rage Pro/128
ATI Radeon 7000 series
Nvidia GeForce2 series
6 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 1.2.1 compatible
Other 8x CD-ROM drive or DVD drive

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/20530/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (20530) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References